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Cecile Richards: The Resilience Of Women Is Profound, And It's Happening Right Now

Cecile Richards: The Resilience Of Women Is Profound, And It's Happening Right Now

FromAll Ears with Abigail Disney


Cecile Richards: The Resilience Of Women Is Profound, And It's Happening Right Now

FromAll Ears with Abigail Disney

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Length:
26 minutes
Released:
May 28, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

This week on All Ears Abby is joined by Supermajority co-founder and former President of Planned Parenthood, Cecile Richards. Cecile and Abby discuss their shared experiences of having a famous parent, and how being middle school activists landed them in the principal’s office. Cecile also talks to Abby about why she’s never run for political office, how Planned Parent animated the Christian Right, the need right now for a women’s stimulus package, and how to organize a diverse coalition of  women to push for childcare- and healthcare-focused policies in response to COVID-19.  EPISODE LINKS:Join Supermajority.comSupermajority: A New Home For Women's Activism (NPR)Former Texas Gov. Ann Richards dies at 73 (Houston Chronicle)Ann Richards’ 1988 Democratic National Convention Speech (YouTube)What a $15 Minimum Wage Means for Women and Workers of Color (National Employment Law Project)Cecile's book, "Make Trouble: Standing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding the Courage to Lead" (Bookshop.org)
Released:
May 28, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (53)

Abigail has a new documentary, The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales, in which she examines the inequality crisis through the lens of the company her grandfather helped found, The Walt Disney Company. In the film, she asks how it is possible that so many workers at Disneyland, aka “the happiest place on earth,” can’t afford life's basic necessities, even when they work full time. For the fourth season of All Ears, Abigail poses that question to people who are doing the most Disney thing of all–using their imaginations–in this case to rethink capitalism. She talks with business leaders, union organizers, and economists to learn how they would fix our broken economy.